Railways
total: 3,131 km
narrow gauge: 2,988 km 1.067-m gauge; 143 km 0.762-m gauge (1994)

Highways
total: 30,400 km
paved: 5,685 km
unpaved: 24,715 km (1996 est.)
note: highway traffic impeded by land mines not removed at end of civil war

Waterways about 3,750 km of navigable routes

Pipelines crude oil (not operating) 306 km; petroleum products 289 km

Ports and harbors Beira, Inhambane, Maputo, Cidade de Nacala, Pemba

Merchant marine
total: 4 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,694 GRT/9,724 DWT (1997 est.)

Airports 174 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 22
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 4 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 152
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 38
under 914 m: 97 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Mozambique on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mozambique Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mozambique Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.